wet weather returns to the bay area. we'll give you a look at the road conditions, and why the worst may still be on the way. and snow is falling down in the sierra. that's causing problems for drivers. how do we proceed in the past 24 hours and why it could be a challenge to get to the slopes. and students in showing at uc bloomberg -- shock at uc berkeley how they are honoring a student who collapsed in practice. this is ktvu mornings on 2. you are taking a live look at the approach to the bay

bridge toll plaza this morning where as you can see, it is quite wet. you can see the rain drops there on the camera. rain is pouring down across much of the bay area. causing problems on the roadways. we'll have more on what you can expect if you're getting ready to head out the door. welcome to mornings on 2. it is saturday february 8 i'm mike mibach. >> i'm claudine wong. and lots of green behind you. >> you said it. wet and breezy for the entire weekend. heaviest over the north base. parts of the east bay and south bay getting a break. let's head to the north bay first, where we have moderate pockets in and around santa rosa. you can see moderate rain falling in between windsor and highway 28. perhaps shifting just a little bit east over the next 10 to 15 minutes. if i get into and along the peninsula, we have steady rain falling here. san jose, light showers, but some areas along the east bay,

again, actually seeing a bit of a break. we'll continue with this rain on and off and on through the entire day. antioch, as well. we continue today and into tomorrow and with all this rain, especially focused over the north bay, the national weather service had issued an urban small stream flood advisory. it will go until 7:45 this morning. i'll scoot in closer and show you the areas. san rafael. you can see sausalito. the possibility of minor flooding here. and a possibility for the entire weekend. we'll be tracking that. i'll track the rain, how to look at your temperatures and the snow in the sierra coming up. we are right now, watching the biggest storm to hit the bay area in more than a year. by the end of tomorrow, some places will get 6 to 9 inches of rain. it's already causing scattered problems this morning. allie rasmus is in one of the

areas receiving rain. the north bay, and alex savage is live in oakland with concerns about flooding and crashes. hi alex. >> reporter: good morning to you, and our location has shifted a little bit. we're in emersville, right here at the maze and just behind me is 80 westbound. you can see cars with the wipers going, of course this morning. heading in the westbound direction toward the maze and many folks headed to the city this morning right now. do you see a lot of water on the roadway, but the rain at this point where we are at this location is fairly light so we have seen it heavy at times as we have been driving around for the past hour or so, and of course this rain is creating hazardous driving conditions and triggering quite a few crashes around the bay area already this morning. if we have some video, i want to show video that we took some time ago after a big rig and box truck crashed into each other. that was 80 westbound, a couple hours ago near the university, between university and gillman. we saw quite a bit of standing

water in a lot of locations this morning. there were some off ramps we saw that were flooded with a lot of standing water. you have to be careful according to the chp. it's so easy to hydroplane if you're to quickly in rainy slick conditions. the chp talked to ktvu. we talked to them about how dangerous it is to drove, and some of the common mistakes people make when they're driving in the rain, such as braking too hard. >> the rear of the car will slide out behind you and cause you to spin. >> reporter: that's the word from the chp. you can't brake too hard, and you need to give yourself plenty of extra time and space between you and the car that's in front of you when the roles are wet like they are right now. a lot of standing water on the freeways and freeway off ramps this morning. the caltrans crews are going to be busy. here in emeryville, keeping an eye on the freeway station.

live this morning in emeriesville, alex savage, ktvu channel 2 news. thanks alex. the well, the rain has been coming down hard in the north bay. that's where allie rasmus joins us live this morning to continue our team coverage. allie what's the latest there. >> reporter: looks like we're having problems getting allie. we'll try and get her up here in a few minutes. that happens when you have weather and live television. people are stocking up on sandbags. i want to show you one of several sandbag stations set up for the santa clara water district. most counties offer sandbags already filled or the kind you fill yourself. you can also find pickup locations where you live on our web site at ktvu.com. just look under web links. well, city leaders in napa

are taking precautions because of the storm. the main street boat ramp is closed for the weekend, along with the oxboro preserve, and the crossing park. they are closed to the fa pa river and city leaders say they are worried there about the runoff. well, the drive from the bay area to the sierra is going to talk much longer than normal this weekend. chains are required for vehicles from kingvale and placer county to the donor lake interchange in nevada county. you are looking at a live picture on the caltrans camera on interstate 88. it's tough to see the roadway. it's hard to tell if it's snowing right now. but you can tell when it's tough to see the roadway, even in this camera, it's tough on the roadways there. last night, let's talk about that because look at this mess on interstate 880. it looked more like a parking lot. one family going from sacramento to reno was on the road for three plus hours. that is a drive that should only have taken about 45 minutes.

>> we made reservations three weeks ago before the rain and everything. so everybody prayed for the rain and here it is, and we're like, oh, we didn't expect all this. >> chain controls normally cause traffic jams. last night's back up stretched for about 3 miles. that can be painful, but those roads are pretty dangerous. >> dangerous, especially right now. what's happening right now, let's turn it over to rosemary and see how we're looking across the bay area. >> where yes, quite a bit of rain. mount town picked up 7 inches. a considerable amount for our hills. it's a very warm and moist storm and it's going to continue to bring us rain through today, through tomorrow. so giving you a live lock -- look there at san jose. san jose, only picking up 1 to 2/10 of an inch. same with livermore. but then you get into the north bay, and more than an inch even 2 inches in some cases and as i

told you, mount t a, m picking up 7 inches. that's why it's easy to understand they have an urban and small street flood advisory. the next half hour or 45 minutes, we have covered in green, areas like mill valley, san rafael, stretching out toward the coast down into sausalito. tiburon not involved in the green area. again, this is an area we could see minor flooding over the next half hour. national weather service is picking up on radar returns that were adding up to half inch of rain per hour. the storm continues to push through. we're seeing moderate rain over parts of the north bay. it will be favored for today. showed you this a few moments ago. the communities in between, seeing light to moderate rain at times. meanwhile, parts of the south bay sewing a few light scattered showers. san jose light rain. peninsula a steady light rain for you, into the east bay, even a few breaks here in and

around concord, livermore, perhaps, mostly cloudy, but mostly dry at the moment, i want to get to the sierra, though. take a look at this, the last 24 hours, the snow levels have been rising. take a lock at lake toe. elevation -- lake tahoe. elevation at 3600 feet. the snow levels are rising above 6000 feet for today. by tonight, up to 8000 feet. yesterday they were at 3500 feet. a warmer storm. winter storm warning until 4:00 this afternoon for a treacherous driving conditions. here at home, expect dangerous road travel as well, the possibility of maybe mud slides in the burn areas, and the minor flooding is definitely anticipated for today and tomorrow. take a look at rainfall totals over the last 24 hours. san rafael picking up almost 2 inches. but you get down into mountain view and we're talking 1/of an inch. .s 10 in livermore, and temperature wise, starting in the 50s this morning and be in the 50s all day. upper 50s to near 60 for your

afternoon. a near repeat for tomorrow. monday morning we wake up with the possibility of a few scattered showers for drying out. destroy on monday, dry on tuesday. wednesday a mix of sun and clouds with the slightest possibility of a few scattered showers. i'll have a time line on the rain with the future cast model coming up. new this morning, the chp is investigating the discovery of a body on highway 101 in san jose. several people called police after 11 to report a body lying on southbound highway 101, north of broke law road. the body had been hit by several vehicles and they're still investigating whether the person was ejected from a car or was a pedestrian who was walking there on the highway. several lanes were closed for about two hours. and ktvu cameras were rolling during a police chase that started in oakland and ended in berkeley. around 10 last night, our cameras spotted several police cars getting off toward university avenue. they were chasing after a car suspected of being involved in

a robbery in west oakland. that chase ended a short time later on 6th street. police arrested three men and a women and are still investigating whether they were involved in a robbery. the uc berkeley family is in morning. 21-year-old defensive loinman, ted agu was an accomplished person on and off the field. yesterday morning, he collapsed and died after a supervise training run with teammates near memorial stadium. he would have been a 5th year teammates next year. teammates called him premed ted. >> we talk about a lot of difficult material and that smile makes me and the other professors feel like we're connecting and bringing it home. >> teammates have posted numerous messages on social media, calling him a brother and a valuable member of the cal family. the cal women's basketball team honored him in their game against the university of washington. they wore black bands with his

name on their jersey. results from the coroner about the cause of death could take six to eight weeks. the university is working with the family on plans for the memorial service. the number of people who have lost their lives to the flu continues to rise. what local experts are saying about what's ahead and why it's hit so hard this year. and a's fans getting ready this morning to brave the rain and the cold for fan fest. who is expected to attend that sold out event which gets underway in just hours. another live look outside, the san mateo bridge, a lot of slipping and sliding as chp continues to report some accidents all across the bay area, on the highways. time now is 7:12. you're watching mornings on 2 [ sports announcer ] here's another one, alyson dudek.

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delays as well. and we want to get you to the north bay where the rain is starting to pick up. we tried to get you to allie rasmus just a few minutes ago. we have her live in marin county. what's happening? >> reporter: >> reporter: well, this storm is not only bringing rain but also wind. we have been watching the storm wind blow the trees here back and forth, also the flag posts in front of the fire station. the flags there have been waving back and forth in the wind since we have been here. when we drove over the richmond bridge, the rain was coming sideways and we could feel the wind hitting the side of the van. keep both hands on the wheel. meanwhile here in the north bay, people are keeping a close eye on the creeks and seems like this one. -- streams like this. keeping an eye on the water levels. the national weather service has issued an urban and small stream flood advisory, in

effect for san rafael. marin county cities and nova toe. the north bay is expected to get 6 to 9 inches of rain. 101 south in marin, there are reports of minor flooding in the offer ramp that typically happens every time we have a big rain event. further north in sonoma county, emergency officials are keeping an eye on the streams and culverts, warning drivers about driving through standing water and the hazards of doing that. and anytime we talk about rain, there's always a concern for landslides and mud slides. caltrans plans to have crews on 12 hour shifts on standby in case hillsides on roads giver way near this weekend's storms and out-to-put it -- and to put it in perspective about 7 inches of rain over the weekend. the small flood advisory is in effect until 7:45 this morning. we'll have an update shortly after that at 8:00. for now, live in san ansalmo o

, allie rasmus ktvu channel 2 news news. why health officials say the flu has claimed so many lives this season. rob roth takes a look. >> reporter: as this medical clinic in san francisco, doctors say they have definitely seen more influenza cases this year than last, and the case says it's seeing more deaths. the california department of public health says 202 people have died so far this yore from the flu. the vast majority from the h1n1 virus. that doesn't include 41 cases still under investigation, but it's still almost double the 106 flu death cases reported last year. >> that's a lot compared to, especially compared to last year. >> reporter: an epidemiologist for the san francisco health department believes fewer people died last year because the predominant strain of flu was the h3n2 virus which people have built up immunities to,

unlike the newer h1n1 strain more prevalent this year. >> you have a large pool of people who are completely susceptible, and that's probably one of the reasons we're seeing a lot of cases now. >> reporter: the death toll includes 39 people from the bay area and 4 children under 4 years old. scientists will look into whether the current strain of h1n1 has become more common. >> it looks like it's plateaued off for us a little bit. january was the big up swing for us. >> reporter: doctors say vaccination is the best medicine, but some resist. >> never had a problem, and i don't think i will get one. >> reporter: we're not out of the woods yet. flu season has at least another 7 weeks to go. in san francisco, rob roth ktvu channel 2 news. health officials have confirmed california's first death from whooping cough since the 2010 open 2010 --

elementary school -- epidemic. it's a silly call disease that peeks every three to five years. a male snow berger sage kotsenburg won the first gold medal. the games kicked off with the opening ceremony and the lighting of the olympic caldron. fireworks went all. a lighted display showing snowflakes was supposed to morph into five olympic rings but only got four of them. norway leads with three medals. the u.s. has one medal, the snowboarding, the event that sean white pulled out of earlier this week. sweden a silver, canada a bronze and the host country russia has not medalled. four san jose sharks are headed to the olympics for the

men's hockey competition. they knocked off the columbus blue jackets 3-2 in san jose. one who scored was patrick marleau, he and defenseman mark edward. joe pavelski for the united states. 20,000 fans expected to attend the a's fan fest in oakland. the sold out event gets underway at 10:00 this morning. the event is going to go on rain or shine, and window it will be rain. big name players like cocoa crisp, johanis. will be on hand. >> a lot of new players, jim johnson, eric o'flaherty, a lot of new ones, it's really kind of an introduction to a lot of those guys. the event features former a's players from the 1974 and 89 world series championship teams. this is expected to be one of

the most attended fan fests ever for the a's. again, the event is sold out. if you do not have a ticket, don't go out there and stand in that rain, because you will not be able to get in. 7:20. actor clint eastwood jumped do action to save a man's life. why he knew he had to act quickly and what that man is saying now. outside the doors, cloudy, breezy, and the rein is coming down. when we come back, we'll go back to the radar and show you who's seeing moderate to heavy rain at this hour.

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simon cowell announced he would not return to the u.s. show. he plans to focus on the british version. the x factor aired here on ktvu channel 2 news. it's a star studded event but the clint east wood stole the spotlight. he was at a volunteer party on wednesday night when tournament director started choking. eastwood swung into action and started performing the heimlich maneuver. >> he recognized it immediately. i was trying to tell him i was choking. i didn't need to. he's a very strong man, i can tell you that. >> eastwood told the newspaper, the pine cone that he gave john three good jolts to get the food out. i looked in his eyes and saw that look of panic people have when they see their life passing before their very eyes. it looked bad. third round of tournament begins in 30 minutes. we'll see how much they get to play today with the weather lingering in monterey. >> tough down there but good for clint eastwood, exciting.

7:24. let's go to rosemary we are watching this storm that's right on top of us. >> you're right. coming down over parts of the north bay, heavier directlies near the -- cells near the coastline. we'll take a look. a slide in along the peninsula. you can see we have moderate rain moving in over areas, right around montara. half-moon bay, sliding in and over the peninsula, in the next 10 to 15 minutes, and over parts of the north bay, moderate to heavy rain reports at times, and santa rosa, and petaluma, and the north bay is favored for the heavier rain for today, and if you are just joining us, parts of marin under a small stream and urban flood advisory until 7:45. showing you here over the course of the day, i'll shop at every 2 hours. not a lot of change going on. light to moderate rain over the north bay. light rain over san jose and into the east bay. as we get into 3:00, could taper off just a little bit.

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. it is coming down all across the bay area this morning. and those heavy rains are prompting mornings of flooding and hazardous driving conditions. good morning and welcome back to mornings on 2. i'm claudine wong. >> and i'm mike mibach. we are on storm watch this morning. there is a flood advisory in effect for parts of the north bay. the rain will hopefully ease our concerns a bit, the storm is raising concerns about minor flooding and traffic collisions. we have live team coverage. rosemary orozco in the weather center with how much rain has fallen and how much more we're going to get. first let's take you to alex savage who is live in emeryville. >> reporter: good morning to you. the rain is picking up and we're seeing gusty conditions. if you're heading on the bay area bridges this morning, be extra careful. here's the scene behind us. this is 80 westbound. the traffic you're looking at here is approaching the maze this morning, and you can see a

lot of standing water on the roadway and folks have the wipers going this morning, and hopefully a lot of people are slowing down. that's what the chp would like everyone to do. already these slick conditions on the roads are causing a lot of crashes around the bay area. let me show you some video we shot you in berkeley this morning, a big rig and a box truck, crashed into each other on these wet roads. that was near the gillman exit there, and that has since been cleared out of all the lanes. another situation we're seeing this morning, a lot of standing water in a lot of spots around the bay area. we shot some video this morning at the central avenue off ramp from 580 in richmond, and a big concern according to chp is this kind of standing water on a lot of off ramps and the roadways as well, and the concern is hydroplaning, you need to take it slow out there. don't brake too hard. if you come in contact with a heavy amount of water, like what we're seeing on the bay area freeways this morning, the advice from the chp, don't brake too hard, don't drive too

fast and don't follow too closely to the car in front of you. another word of advice, anytime it's raining and you have your windshield wipers going, state law actually says you need to have your headlights on as well. doesn't matter if it's daytime or not. the chp asking everybody, take it slow out there. this rain is only going to pick up as we move throughout the day. we'll keep tabs on the traffic situation in the east bay and be back later on the morning news. live in emeryville, alex savage ktvu channel 2 news. a flood advisory has been issued for cities in marin county. it was issued before 9:00 a.m. for a number of spots, sausalito, san anselmo. emergency managers say storm runoff is causing creeks to fill rapidly. by monday, parts of the russian river will be flowing with more water than it has been. we will still be well below flood stage. water managers say the latest storms aren't enough to end the drought, but they are a

good start. for example, stafford lake in novato is a third flow, and normally creeks and tributaries would be filled with water. despite the rain, as you can see there, they're still dry, but engineers say that's because the ground is busy soaking up all the moisture. >> we would need to have a lot of these storms back to back to back, and this one storm is a great start, but we recognize we need a lot more. >> the north marin water district serves about 51,000 customers living in novato and west marin. the drought has taken its toll on bay area trees and one boulder creek family say the wind and rain is making things worse. their home is surrounded by 100 foot trees. when the first storm came in, many of the trees started to sway, and they say it didn't take long for large branches to start falling off. >> you can hear the branches and stuff starting to get they've and creeing and stuff like that.

so, yeah, you know, definitely other than just pitter patter on the roof. >> well, the family called travis tree professionals to help try to prevent further damage. the owner of the company is warning other bay area residents to keep an eye on fir trees located around the homes, especially during the week's rainfall. slippery roads may have caused a propane truck to crash. the tanker r slid off the road, over turned and hit a tree. the propane truck was empty so no hazardous materials spilled out. a driver was not hurt, but the firefighter was injured trying to cut the tree off the truck. officers say he may have suffered a couple broken ribs. your time now 7:34. the rain's coming down. how long is it going to last. rosemary orozco watching all of that for us, and are we seeing the worst of it right now. >> you know, it's coming in waves. we are definitely seeing more of the moderate rain falling this morning. by the afternoon, it will lighten up just a bit. it will taper off some, but

it's not going to go away. this is going to be with us through sunday evening. we may wake up with lingering showers on monday morning. a live look at the oakland estuary, very wet. breezy in many areas. winds gust to go 30 miles per hour. in general, our winds are anywhere from 10 to 20 miles per hour in the bay area. it is coming down in some areas. moderate to light rain. i have the radar stopped here so you can see exactly where some areas in the east bay, actually seeing a few breaks. right along the peninsula, this is where the moderate rain falling. the yellow directlies anywhere from a 1/2 inch or so. we are going to continue to see this along the coast, if i shift inland just a little bit. perhaps near san mateo, crossing over the san mateo bridge, quite messy at this hour, in addition to the wet weather, again, it's going to be breezy. sfo reporting delays for 3 hours, for some arriving flights, just so you could

beware of that. if we head to the north bay, pretty steady and heavy at times, from santa rosa to petaluma and novato. talked about the advisory for parts of marin, i put a circle around those areas from novato, to san rafael, to the coast, this lasting another 10 minutes or so for urban and small stream flooding. we're going to see plenty of advisories pop up over the next 24 to 36 hours. i'm going to take away the rain and show you the plume of moisture we keep talking about. i'm going to step out of the way, take a look to the left hand of your screen, down there at the bottom. those are the hawaiian islands there, and this is how far this train of moisture is coming from. so every once in a while, we are able to tap into this very moist, relatively warm system or i should actually say a pattern and when that happens, we get quite a bit of rain, and it's going to be last for the next couple of days. over the hill, we are expecting

anywhere from 6 to 8 inches. mount tam reporting 7 inches. and in and around san jose could pick up an inch to 2- inches and the central bay anywhere from 2 to 3 inches. and the north bay, 4 inches when all is said and done. the last 24 hours, you can see the north bay definitely getting the brunt of this so far. nearly 2 inches in san rafael reported. the further south, the less we get. 15/100 in san jose. tenth of an inch in mountain valley. and we expect that with the storms, definitely those storms coming from the south. your extended forecast with your bay area weekend always in view. a near repeat for your sunday, it's going to be wet. it's going to be breezy. we will dry out on monday. we're dry on tuesday, and then there's another chance of rain coming our way on wednesday. if you're headed to the sierra or thinking about it, i'll have a look at what's happening out there, included an advisory coming up. and you can get the forecast anytime on the go with our new weather app.

live radar, tweets from the weather team downloaded for your apple or android device. it's free in the app store. oakland police say an elderly woman is dead after an apparent home invasion robbery. officers were called to her home in the fruitvale district to check on her welfare and they spotted signs that someone forced their way inside. they found 77-year-old susan fong and a male relative in his 40s or 50s. >> medical personnel pronounced the female deceased at the scene. there are no visible signs of injury. it's unknown the cause of death for the female. >> the male relative was taken to the hospital, and he does appear to be okay. a $10,000 reward is being offered in the case case. a an industrial accident that killed two men is being investigated by cal osha. that incident happened at 10:00 in the morning at the galaxy granite on portland avenue.

the workers were moving giant slabsover granite out of the shipping container when one fell on them. one died at the scene. the other died at the hospital. ktvu has learned that one of the suspects accused of killing a 3-year-old napa girl was accused of threatening the life of former girlfriend pregnant with his child. in 2008, the ex-girlfriend filed a restraining order in solano county against ryan warner. he told her, ," if i find out you're cheating on me, i'll bust your teeth out with a pipe ." warner and a current girlfriend, sarah kruger r are charged with killing her 3-year- old daughter. the pair have admitted to stuffing the child's body in a suitcase and later into a freezer. tv personality and former prosecutor nancy grace is coming under fire for a twitter hash tag. she used the hash tag freezer tot to describe the toddler. it prompted a backlash from

twitter users who called it insensitive. the hash tag has been changed to justice for caylee. a large turned out to say good-bye to a young woman in oakland shot and killed by her teenage brother. nearly a thousand people packed ame church for the funeral of 17-year-old justice toliver. reporter and cameras were not allowed inside the service. the church was too crowded. justice's friends say they can't believe she's gone. >> justice is a beautiful young lady. i helped raise her from a little girl, and her mother, and we are very close family. >> everybody knew her, and everybody liked her. and if they didn't like her, they loved her. >> justice's 14-year-old brother in custody and awaiting trial was allowed to attend the funeral in custody of a probation officer. a b.a.r.t. police officer shot and killed

by a fellow officer, sergeant tom smith asked superiors to assign the department's s.w.a.t team in arisk searches. according to the paper, his requests were rejected. he was shot and killed by mike maze when they searched the suspect's home in dublin last month. smith had asked for s.w.a.t officers during that particular operation is unclosure. all officers are qualified to perform probation searches. san jose police are looking for a man who they say pretended to be a police officer to sexually assault a woman. it happened on monterey road. the man told the woman he was an officer and threatened to arrest her if she did not obey his orders. police say he took the victim to a parking lot where he sexually assaulted her. the man is described as latino. between 30 and 40 years old with a muscular build. police say this is a surveillance photo of the suspect's car. it is a white, mid 1990s, dodge durango. we're learning that no

criminal charges will be filed in the beating case of a monooutside husband pleasanton home. david lamont was attacked after confronting young people making noise outside his home. he's recovering from a serious head injury and several persons of interest were identified in this case. but yesterday, the alameda county district attorney announced that no criminal charges will be filed because of a lack of evidence. time now 7:4 # 2, the president is getting ready to head to california as the drought continues to dominate the conversation in the central valley. how he feels about the solution now being proposed. and they just keep coming the limited edition beer has people lining up for a taste. what some say is making it so particular. first let's take you outside, and a look at traffic on 880 rolling through oakland oakland. it is wet out there. in just a bit if you look at the right side of the screen, that's the oakland coliseum, fan fest at 10:00 this morning. it's going to be a wet fan fest

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system. one of many steps to prevent an abundance of rain from overwhelming the pumps. >> we make sure we get the gases out of them. test run them. make sure they're pumping so when the levels do go up, they'll be ready to go and it won't back up or over flow. >> thank you to them. the district says it has 19 pump stations, all of which are right now in working order. president obama is going to be making a stop in the central valley to talk about the drought. this week the republican controlled house ated a bill that would -- passed a bill that would send more water from the delta to san joaquin valley. the bill is unlikely to win approval in the senate. the president is opposed and due in fresno on february 14th. smart phones may be required to have a kill switch installed under a new bill proposed in california. bay area officials have been pushing for technology to deter theft by making a stolen phone

unusable. at a news conference in san francisco, start senator mark leno called it a public safety crisis with up to 75% of robberies in oakland involving a mobile phone or tabloid. the father of a young woman killed by thieves, says the market for stolen phones need to be shut down. >> what happened to my precious daughter megan could happen it to anyone in this room, to anyone watching this, and to any one of our children. the california legislature has an opportunity to take a lead on this issue, and i hope they will rise to the occasion. >> if the bill is signed into law, companies will have to equip them with kill switch technology by next year. for the second month in a row, the labor department is reporting weaker than expects hiring. 113 job were added in the month of january. they predicted 180,000 jobs. that number was lower in december at about 75 new hires. but the national jobless rate still fell to 6.6% as some

people were able to find work. meanwhile, here in california, the state employment development department is going to be clearing up a backlog of claims by hiring hundreds of new workers. edd officials announced they would be hiring 435 new people. they're also going to rehire 50 former employees who have been trained. in addition, officials say the department found money to continue employing 20 people who have been working on an intermittent basis. california's great america is holding a job fair in hopes to have hiring hundreds of new employees. the event will be from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. tomorrow's event will be from noon to six. officials from the santa clara theme park say they are looking to hire up to 2500 new employees. anyone interested in applying go to the back administrative entrance and it is the city's 5 5th largest employer. president obama says jobs is a central part of his plan to help build the middle class.

>> opportunity is the idea at the heart of the country, that no matter who you are or who you started out. with hard work and responsibility, you can get ahead. in this morning's weekly address, the president the echoed the themes he mentioned during last month's state of the union address. he says his agenda for the middle class consists of four basic principles, more jobs, improved worker training, access to a world class education and higher wages. if congress does not work with him, he'll enact his plans by signing executive orders. political analysts say the issue of you will legal immigration remains a thorny one. it might anger republicans to any chance of passing an overhaul bill. if the president acts too slowly, the opportunity to fix immigration laws might slip away. house speaker john boehner has indicated that any legislation won't come until after the november election. a regional commission has turned down a request from the city college of san francisco

to review the decision that revokes the school's accreditation. city college officials say the next step is filing a formal appeal. last july's accreditation was revoked because of the finance and government structure. the school has seen a sharp drop in enrollment. 17% fewer are enrolled this semester compared to last year. the new car smell inside its vehicle cause add a deadly accident, when he fell asleep at the wheel, he hit and killed a librarian biking along highway 1. according to the santa cruz sentinel, jane told authorities he had bought the car ten days before. and a new car scent caused him to fall asleep. he's being charged with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter. long lines are expected at the russian river brewing company in downtown santa rosa. >> we're flattered and humbled that this many people will show up and wait and be a part of it. >> customers are lining up for

a beer called pliny the younger. it's considered a top rated beer and will only be available for the next two weeks or as long as supplies last. fans say the beer is so popular because of the hops which gives the beer flavor. >> hops. hops and lots of them. i mean, you know, russian river makes the finest ipa's, and if you're a hop head, an ipa head, at least in my mind, this is the holy grail. this is it. >> sonoma county officials say the beer generates more than $2 million for the local economy and directs sales and tourism. 7:51. it may be over before it actually starts. the roadblock faced by organizers trying to put on a bull run in southern california, and when those bulls could be running here to the bay area. outside our door, the rain is coming down, and national weather service has exit happened an advisory for the north bay -- extended an advisory for the north bay.

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. it's a great start. over bay point this morning, where light rain continues to fall, and by the end of the week, several inches of rain expected for parts of the bay area. >> and we want to give you a quick look at san francisco international. flight status reporting sfo is on a ground delay program for arriving flights because of the wind and the rain. three hour delays, being reported this saturday morning. well, kenneth bay, the longest serves u.s. detain knee in north korea has been returned. he was sentenced to 15 years hard labor for hostile act. after losing 50 pounds, he was moved to a hospital. on january 20th, he was taken back to a prison work camp. that's the same day he held a news conference, pleading for his release. four u.s. senators are

raising questions about the security of a pour grid at the power substation in the silicon valley. someone fired 150 shots at the substation last year destroying 17 transformers. they also cut at&t fiberoptic lines. senator diane feinstein and three other senators are asking regulators if new and mandatory security standards are needed. one former energy official has called the attack an act of terrorism: the estimated cost of california's high speed rail line has been lowered. the california high speed rail authority says the project is expected to cost about $67 billion instead of $68 billion. the rail authority is required to update its business plan every two years and the new plan will be presented to the rail authority board on tuesday. the rail agency hopes to begin construction later this year, despite recent court battles. time 7:55. let's go right to rosemary. talking about the possibility of flooding and you have some advisories to tell us about. >> yes, the national weather service has decided to extend

the possibility of urban flooding and small stream flooding for parts of marin and sonoma. that's definitely where we're seeing the moderate, heavy rain at times. let's look at storm tracker 2, lit up pretty good, if we zoom in closer. areas along the east bay reporting light rain. this is where we're definitely seeing heavier cells. you can see over santa rosa, reporting heavy rain at times, and that's what we have out right now, down through petaluma, the possibility with the rates anywhere from 2 to 3/10-inch per hour for some of these yellow cells that if we slide in over closer to the coast, we have some heavier orange cells, those orange cells indicating that they have the potential of dropping anywhere from 6 to 9/10 of an inch of rain per hour. sliding into san mateo, you have pretty good rain falling over san bruno. across the san mateo bridges it's going to be a messy one. the rain is expected over the course of your saturday. it's really not going to end we

have it in store for sunday as well. i want to head up the hill and talk about the sierra for just a moment. yesterday, that snow level about immigrant gap, it is ride -- rising and will continue to rise. the winter storm warning above 500 feet. could have white out conditions, so take it easy if you're going in that direction, with wind gusts expected at 50 miles per hour for the sierra and some of the ridge tops could see gusts to 80 miles per hour. here at home, a soggy, breezy one. today, tomorrow, the possibility of minor flooding, definitely in the forecast. we'll be tracking that for youment drying out monday morning, dry most of monday, tuesday, another chance for showers will come in on wednesday. back to the desk. planned bull run in southern california could be over before it begins. yesterday riverside county officials say they have not granted permission for the event to be held in june near the city of temeculah,,, it's

being held by the great bull run, in july it's planning to come to the alameda county fairgrounds. i just may make an appearance there. run with those bulls. never run so fast in my life probably. >> let's hope. also running today, 20,000 strong, running to the oakland coliseum, that's how many people expected at this year's oakland a's fan fest, why many say the rain is not going to stop them from going. and the rain is pouring down across the bay area this morning. it woke me up. the big concerns in the north bay that has many people rushing out to get those sandbags. good is in every blue diamond a good that comes in 25 flavors. from whole natural to wasabi and soy sauce. and once good gets going, there's no stopping it. get your good going. blue diamond. snack nut of u.s. snowboarding.

. heavy rain falling across the bay area, and the slick roads are leading to a lot of crashes. what the chp is asking drivers to do. and a beautiful sight. snow falling in the area, how much fresh powder we have seen in the past 24 hours, and why it could be a challenge for you to get up to those slopes. and students in shock at the uc berkeley campus. the school is honoring a football player who collapsed and died during training. mornings on 2 continues. complete, bay area news coverage continues. this is ktvu mornings on 2. good morning and you may not be able it to tell, but you

are taking a live look at the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza this morning. you can see the rain drops there on the camera lens. rain pouring down across much of the bay area. flood advisories are in effect. we'll have more on what you can expect as you get ready to head out the door. good morning everyone, welcome to mornings on 2. it's saturday february 8th. i'm mike mibach. >> i'm claudine wong. weather our big story today. it's over us right now. let's go straight to mary mary for a look at what's in store -- rosemary orozco for a look at what's in store today. we have steady rain over the bay area with the exception parts of the south and east bay. you get in the peninsula, and north bay, it's not only falling but really coming down in some areas. we have moderate rain falling in areas, santa rosa, san rafael, a little bit closer, it has let up just a little bit. it has shifted off to the east. this area now under an advisory in addition to parts of marin county. i'll look at that in just a moment. we're seeing pretty good rain along the coastline and

stretching in across the bay. these cells capable of producing anywhere from 3/10 to half inch of rain per hour. they aren't sitting stationary, they're moving through, but moderate rain heading through the east bay in the next 10 to 15 minutes, and the advisory exes to 10:45. it includes parts of marin, and stretches into sonoma. we'll take a details look at what's happening here, how much rain is falling, what we can expect to get by the end of the weekend, coming up. we are watching the biggest storm hit the bay area. by the end of tomorrow, some places are going to get 6 to 9 inches of rain, and while we certainly need the water, it is already causing some scattered problems this morning. we have live team coverage for you, allie rasmus is in one of the areas receiving the most rain so far. that's the north bay. we're going to begin with alex savage live for us at emeryville with the threat to drivers this morning. alex. >> reporter: good morning to

you. the rain is heavy out here in the east bay this morning, and it is leading to treacherous driving conditions all across the bay area. we'll show you the scene here behind us this morning. just a ton of water. this is 80 westbound, the roadway just covered in water, and we're seeing most drivers taking it slow this morning. the widespread wipers are working extra hard here. all of the o water approaching the -- all of the water approaching the maze, and this storm is starting a lot of spin outs and crashes across the bay area. one situation we ran into this morning at about 5:00 5:00 or so, a box truck and a big rig got into an accident. they were off to the side. a tow truck came in and both of those trucks. the accident didn't seem to be too severe. that was near the gillman exit off of 80 and that was in berkeley. the chp is ordering everybody in order to avoid the crashes, take it extra slow and make sure you don't follow the car in front of you, too closely.

they say it every time it rains. it's important advice. can't follow too closely. giver yourself plenty of time to brake, just in case you have to. another issue on the roadways this morning to keep in mind. along with the heavy rain is the winds. they are also a factor this morning. gusty conditions creating hazardous conditions, especially on those bridges. we talked to one driver this morning as she got off the freeway here in emeryville, she says a lot of other people are taking it slow. >> driving pretty good, not too bad. a little fast, we'll see how it goes. >> you're taking it slow. >> yeah. >> another issue is a lot of standing water, on many of the freeways. we shot this video early this morning. this is the central avenue off ramp. from westbound 580 in richmond, and it was quite a bit of standing water right there, just as people were coming a off the freeway, drivers either had to go around the giant pool of water or take it slow as they went through the water, and we experienced firsthand as

we came off the freeway, just how deep that water is. beware, a lot of freeway off ramps are going to be experiencing similar situations and the chp says again, if you take it slow, you can avoid hydro planing with all the standing water on the roadways this morning. we're live this morning in emeryville, alex savage, ktvu channel 2 news. we heard rosemary talk about the flood advisory underway in parts of marin county. that's where allie rasmus is live for us this morning as we continue our team coverage. allie >> reporter: that's right, that urban and small stream flood advisory for the north bay has been extended until 10:45. that means people in north bay communities are keeping a close eye on the creeks, the streams, the water ways out here. you can see the water here is flowing at a brisk pace. we have seen some debris. a short time ago, there was a tree stump we saw floating by.

here in san anselmo, they are used to dealing with flooding problems in the past. they are used to putting out sandbags in front of the shops and restaurants as a precaution. if you look around the downtown area, there are no sandbags hoar. you can chalk that up to the fact, that people this year aren't as concerned about the possibility of flooding as they have in years past. now, the culverts and storm drains are gushing this morning, though, providing this area with some much needed rain. the north bay is expected to get anywhere from 6 to 9 inches of rain this weekend. we ran into one resident who also happens to work for the marin municipal water district, and she says this rain is a very welcome site. last year, 2013, we had in this marin area, we had 10

inches of rain in the whole year. normally we have 52 inches, which is like up to here on my chin, so this weekend, i hear we might get almost 10 inches of rain, which is what we got in the whole entire year. >> now, of course anytime we talk about a lot of rain, there's always a concern and a possibility for landslides and mud slides. caltrans plans to have crews on 12 hour shifts on standby in case hillsides give away to this weekend's storms and we're checking with chp, heard of a report of a minor rock slide on 101 northeast and there's also reports of flooding near the madera creek near sir francis drake boulevard. we're going to check on those things and will have another live update later in the show. allie rasmus ktvu channel 2 news. city leaders are taking precautions because of the storm. the main street boat ramp is

closed and those areas are close to the napa river and city leaders say they are worried about the runoff. the drive from the bay area to the sierra is taking much longer than normal this weekend. chains are required for vehicles on interstate 80 and here's a live look at why. those chain requirements are from kingvale to placer county. this is interstate 80, and you can barely see the roadway there, so obviously going to need to slow down a bit if you are headed up there. not a lot of traffic looks like it's going through the area. it is snowing there, and you can see visibility still okay. but those conditions can be pretty treacherous. last fight, interstate 80 looked for like a parking lot than an interstate. some people took about 6 hours to drive from the east bay to tahoe, and one family that was trying to get from sacramento to reno was on the road for three plus hours. it's a drive that sometimes takes about 45 minutes. we made reservations three weeks ago before everybody, the

rain, everything, so everybody prayed for the rain and here it is, and we're like, oh, we didn't expect all this. >> chain controls normally cause traffic jams, but last night's back up stretched for about 3 miles, that could be a very very long 3 miles. right now chains are required on highway 50 from twin bridges to myers and we were talking about that from sacramento to reno. that's a little bit longer. if you're hauling, i guess, i mean, it could be 45 minutes but on a nice sunny day. finally though, starting to look like winter. it's nice to see the snow and the rain. let's turn to rosemary. i asked you about the wind. is it going to be windy. >> it is breezy. at times, the rain may be coming at you from the side. we do not have any advisories in place for the wind. in general, we typically get wind, and i'm seeing the gusts at 30 miles per hour in some areas this morning. it's definitely a gloomy, soggy start to the day. giving you a live look over bay point and some areas definitely seeing more rain than other areas. the north bay favored for today, and mount tam has

already recorded 7 inches of rain in the last 24 hours. our coastal hills definitely going to see the most out of this weekend storm, but you can see, it is enough to go around. we've got some light to moderate rain falling over parts of the bay area, shifting in and along the peninsula. we have heavier cells from the coast, crossing over the peninsula a little bit earlier. let's head east and see what's happening here. moderate rain falling over areas like san leandro. on the east side near hayward and into oakland. these yellow cell, the possibility of 1 to 2 tenths per hour. moderate rain. over the north bay, moderate, even heavy at times. if you are joining us, there is an advisory for parts of north bay, parts of marin until 10:45. the possibility of urban and small stream flooding, which means it could cover roadways. take it easy if you're going to be out there. shifting just a little bit closer, some of the areas

include forest mills, san rafael yell, we have novato, shift to the north and show you it stretches into areas luke santa rosa, pet luna -- petaluma. don't try to go through flooded waters. we get into the sierra, the snow levels have been rising the last 12 to 24 hours. yesterday, the snow levels at 5000 feet. they'll be shifting and will be near 7 to 8000 feet. i'd like to point out lake tahoe, right about 6200 feet. we have rain falling over lake tahoe, a sure fire sign that the snow level is moving its way up. an advisory still in place. a winter storm warning above 5000 photo. if you are going to be driving in direction, very busy and blowing snow. gusts are expected at 50 miles per hour, heading toward the west slope and higher along the ridges. the last 24 hours, we have seen quite a bit overran in some areas. not so much in others.

0-point 2 in 2 fremont. as amentialed. mount ta -- as i mentioned. mount tam taking the king. by the end of the weekend, 7 to 9 in the coastal hills. north bay 3 to 6. central bay, 2 to 4, and the south bay, 1 to 2 inches expected for you. the extended forecast for you with your bay area weekend always in view. we're going to continue this pattern all the way through sunday night with a few scattered showers left for monday morning. we finally dry out. dry on tuesday and wednesday, that slight chance for showers will enter the picture once again. meanwhile, temperatures are in the 50s and will remain in the 50s for the entire day. i'll have a look at the afternoon highs coming up. new this morning, the chp is investigating the discovery of a body on highway 101 in san jose. several people just after 11 last night. chp says the body had been hit

by several vehicles. they're investigating whether that person was ejected from the vehicle or a pedestrian on the highway. several lanes were closed for two hours. ktvu cameras were rolling during a police chase that started in oakland and ended in berkeley. around 10:00 our cameras spotted several police cars getting off interstate 80 toward university avenue. police say they were chasing after a car suspected of being involved in a rob in west oakland. the chase ended just a short time later on 6th street. police arrested three men and a woman. officers are still investigating whether the four individuals were actually involved in that robbery. students in shock at uc berkeley, how the school's honoring a football player who collapsed and died during training. and oakland a's fans getting ready this morning to brave the rain and cold r for fan fest. who is expected to attend the sold out event that gets underway in a few hours. first, some problems on the road this morning, but look at the skies, this is a look at san francisco international. sfo is on a ground delay for

arriving flights. expect delays of up to 3 hours. and as always, just make sure you call if you are headed out there. it is 8:13. we'll keep an eye on things for you here. this is mornings on 2. ♪

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parts of oregon. the city of yes valois, the home of oregon state campus received a foot and a half of snow in the past few days. elsewhere, several hundred thousands people are without power. major outages in states ranging from arkansas to pennsylvania to maryland. utility crews say the storms knocked down power poles. the uc berkeley community this morning is mourning the death of one of its football players. friends, faculty, coaches and teammates say the 21-year-old defensive lineman, ted agu was an accomplished person on and off the field. yesterday morning, he collapsed and died after a supervised training run with teammates nearly memorial stadium. he would have been a # 5th 5th year senior next year, and teammates referred to him as premed ted. >> we talk about a lot of difficult material and the smile makes me and the other professors feel like we're connecting and bringing it home. >> teammates have posted

numerous messages on social media, calling him a brother issue -- and a value member of the cal family. the women's basketball wore black bands with agu's name on them. the results from the coroner could take six to eight weeks. the university is working with the family for plans on memorial services. california's first death has been confirmed for whooping cough. the victim was an infant from riverside county. reports began increasing the middle of last year. 83% of the patients last year were children. loaded guns, suicide vests, ninja stars and human bones, are some of the items that the tsa confiscated last year. they saw a 20% increase in the number of guns confiscated. 11 is the sfo, 5 at oakland

international airport. and this bottle of fuel was found in a passenger's carry on bag at sfo. and tsa agents find this grenade inside a passenger's checked bag. this morning, a male snowboarder sage kotsenburg won the first gold medal for the u.s. in the sochi olympics. the winter games officially kicked off last night with the opening ceremony and the lighting of the olympic caldron. fireworks went off over sochi. there were a few technical glitches. a lighted display showing snowflakes was supposed to morph into the five olympic rings but only got four of them. norway leads with four medals, the netherlands with 3. the u.s. with one. sweden and austria both have a silver. four san jose sharks are heading to the olympics, they

are going to sochi on the a high. the sharks knocked off the blue jackets 3-2 in san jose. one who scored was patrick marleau, the and marc-edouard vlasic are remitting canada. and joe pavelski for the united states. 20,000 fans, that's how many people are expected to attend today's a's fan fest in oakland. it is a sold out event and gets underway at 10:00 this morning. organizers say this event will go on despite the rain. big name players like coco crisp, yoenis cespedes will be there to sign autographs and fans will get a chance to meet new faces. >> a lot of our new players, jim johnson will be here. eric o'flaherty, nick punto, a lot of new ones, it's an introduction to a lot of those guys. >> the event also features former a's players from the 1974 and 89 world series championship teams. this is expected to be one of

the most attended fan fests ever for the a's. again, the event is sold out, so if you do not have a ticket, do not head over there because you can't get in. and as soon as fan fest gets over, not immediately but in the days coming up here they pack their bags and head to arizona for spring training. a new baseball season getting ready to get under way. >> better weather arizona. down in the dessert. actor clint eastwood jumps into action to saver a man's life. why he knew he had to act quickly and what the man is saying now. outside our doors at this hour, wet and messy. over parts of the north bay, an advisory for minor flooding, calling on this morning. we'll go back to the radar when we come back. [ sports announcer ] here's another one, alyson dudek.

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steeling the spotlight at the pebble beach golf tournament. he was at a volunteer party wednesday night when tournament director steve john started choking. eastwood swung into action and began performing the heimlich maneuver. he's a very strong man i can tell you that. >> eastwood told the caramel newspaper the pine cone that he gave john three good jolts to get the food out. i looked in his eyes and saw the look of panic people have when they see their life passing before their very eyes t. looked bad. the third round begins about 30 minutes ago. >> and a little soggy down there. >> 8:25. let's head to rosemary who's watching the storm, staying busy all morning long. >> wet and breezy, that sums it up, today, tomorrow, finally drying out on monday. where the rain is heaviest at this moment, you can see pretty much a steady light rain over

most areas, getting a break just off the coast there. sliding into the east bay, we have pretty good rain falling in between, it looks like oakland through san leandro, and into hayward with some of the heavier cells now there in areas right around hayward. about, looks like rainfall rates, anywhere from 5 to 6/10 per hour with the orange cells. the yellow cells indicating the possibility of a quarter inch or so with each hour. if we get into the north bay, it has been moderate to heavy all morning long. santa rosa, down to petaluma and we find an advisory for the possibility of minor flooding stream as well as some of those roadways, so just take it easy out there. that lasts until about 10:45. for the weekend, the possibility of that rain on and off the entire weekends. breezy conditions at times. a little breezy out there this morning. inland, we'll see anywhere from 2 to 7 inches of rain. the further south you go, the less you are expected to get. areas over the north bay could pick up 4 to 6 inches and the

coastal hills, 8 to 10 inches before all said and done. afternoon highs today in the 50s, just a few low 60s. the extended forecast, soggy today, soggy tomorrow, drying out on monday, tuesday, a chance for rain will return on wednesday. back to the desk. >> it is nice to have it. the rain might not ease drought concerns. one reason president obama is making a trip to california on the heels of a new farm bill. and nancy grace comes under fire for the twitter hash tag she used to describe a 3-year- old girl in napa.

well, the wet weather is hitting the bay area, and people are preparing for it to

just keep oncoming down. welcome back to mornings on 2. i'm claudine wong. >> and i'm mike mibach. we are on storm watch. rain expected to fall throughout the weekend. cities in the north bay are expected to receive up to 7 inches of rain. ktvu's allie rasmus is live in marin county where there are reports of flooded roadways and where a flood advisory has been extended. >> reporter: well, this storm is not only bringing in rain, but also wind. taking a quick look at the downtown area, you can see the sizable tree branches that have been knocked down by the wind from this morning's storm. here in this community, and parts of the north bay, where people really like to keep an eye on are the creeks and streams. we can give you a look at this one that goes to the downtown area this morning. there is a small stream advisory and a flood advisory in effect for the north bay until 10:45 this morning. as we heard rosemary tell us,

the north bay could get 6 to 9 inches of rain this weekend. everyone though the community is used to flooding, the shops and businesses each winter have the sandbags out, everyone is just glad to see the rain after a dry 2013. >> i'm very happy that it's raining. i just hope we don't get flooding. but i think because it's been so dry, the ground will soak it up probably, and it will end up being okay. we're really excited. >> reporter: now, of course anytime we talk about rain, there's always a concern for landslides and mud slides. caltrans has crews on 12 hour shifts on standby in case the hillsides give way during the weekend's storms. doing a quick check with chp, we have a minor rock slide on highway 101 north, east of sir francis are drake and reports of flooding near sir francis

drake. coming up on mornings on 2, we'll check those out for you. in the meantime, the small stream flood advisory is in effect until 10:45 this morning. line in san san anselmo, allie rasmus ktvu channel 2 news. the steady rain is causing dangerous conditions on bay area highways. officers say the first rain of the season creates slick roadways, which can easily cause a driver to lose control and the chp is warning drivers to slow on down. >> a common mistake during the rainy season, apply the brakes really hard. >> it's scary. it's wet, and there have been a lot of accidents going on. i just try to go careful. >> the highway patrol says there was a spike in accidents yesterday due to the wet weather with almost triple the number of incidents officer normally see. alex savage is out there, we'll check with him in a moment. slippery roads may have caused this propane truck to crash. it over turned and hit a tree.

the propane truck was empty. no hazardous materials spilled. the driver also wasn't hurt but a firefighter was injured while trying to cut the tree off the truck. officers say he may have suffered broken ribs. the drought has taken its toll on bay area trees and one boulder creek family is saying the wind and rain is making things worse. the home is surrounded by 100 foot trees: many trees started to sway, and it did not take long for large branches to start falling off. >> you can hear the branches and stuff starting to like get heavy and creeing and stuff like that. so, yeah, you know, definitely other than just pitter patter on the roof. >> the family called travis tree professionals to help prevent further damage. the owner of the company is warning other bay area residents to keep an eye on fir trees, located around the homes. president obama will be making a stop in the central valley to talk about the drought. this week, the republican controlled house pass add bill

that would send water from the delta to farms in the san joaquin valley. the bill is unlikely to win approval in the senate. the president is opposed and expected to arrive in fresno on february 14th. time now 8:34. let's head on over to rosemary for a check of this changing weather situation we have here. still right on top of us it looks like. >> very fluid. we are locking at the advisory until 10:45. it started for areas of marin, and now has shifted for areas of sonoma county as well. and we will detail that in just a moment. allie was out there live talking about it, but i'll zero in on the neighborhoods that have the advisory. first a look ated radar there. you can see -- a look at the radar there. you can see we have the radars going, and we are getting a break along the coastline. the rest of us seeing light to moderate rain at times. the national weather service picking up on yellow and orange

cells, indicating rates at a half inch or so an hour. let's start in the east bay because we're seeing light to moderate rain. it was over the oakland, hayward, san leandro area. it's shifting in closer to pleasanton, livermore, the next few minutes. we have moderate rain, the case all morning long from santa rosa, to petaluma, light to moderate rain cells for the most of the morning. the rain will taper off just a little bit in the afternoon, but it's not going to go away all together. this is going to be the case through the entire weekend with the waves moving through. this is the advisory we're talking about. minor flooding a possibility near the small creeks, could quickly see those flood and move over the roadways. definitely something to consider. areas near mill valley stretch all the way down to sausalito, off the coastline, you can see forest knolls, novato, san rafael, shift towards santa rosa and show you how widespread it is from petaluma

through sonoma and santa rosa and all these small communities in between. this to be aware of through 10:45 this morning, and the possibility of minor flooding. storm tracker 2 taking away the rain, and you can see the plume of moisture, back it all the way up, back to the hawaii islands, we talk about the atmospheric river. we get to tap into some of the that tropical and sub tropical moisture moving our way. we're looking at the possibility of off and on rain for the next couple of days. love this graphic. it shows the lift as we get into the hills, and this is why the hills definitely going to see the most rain. mount tam has reported 7 inches in the last 24 hours, as it moves over the hills, it condenses, cools and condenses and squeezes out more rain and we are likely to see 7, perhaps 9 inches of rain over some of our coastal hills. temperature wise, not that bad. starting in the 50s, but we'll be in the 50s for the entire day with a few spots expected

to get into the low 60s for the afternoon. wet, and breezy today. wet and breezy for tomorrow. finally drying out monday morning, and we're dry for a couple days. scattered showers returning to the area. i'll have a look at how much rain is falling in the last 24 hours coming up. and you can also get your forecast anytime with on the go with our new weather app. you can get live radar, weather web casts, plus tweets from our fantastic weather team. download it for your apple or android dries, and it is free in the app store. a southeastern citizen was killed in a home invasion robbery. officers were called to her home in the fruitvale district to check on her welfare. they spotted signs that someone had forced their way inside. officers found 77-year-old susan fong and a male relative in his 40s and 50s. >> medical personnel pronounced the female deceased at the scene. there are no visible signs of injury. it is unknown the cause of

death for the female. >> the male relative was transported to the hospital. he appears to be okay. $10,000 reward is being offered in this case. san jose police are looking for a man who they say pretended to be a police officer to sexually assault a woman. it happened last saturday on monterey road. he told the woman he was an officer and threatened to arrest her if she did not obey his orders. he took the victim to a parking lot where he sexually assaulted her. the man is being described as a latino man between 30 and 40 years old with a muscular build. police say this is a surveillance photo of the suspect's car. it is a white mid 1990 dodge durango. an industrial accident that killed two men at a san francisco granite company is being investigated by osha. the incident happened yesterday about 10:00 in the morning at portland aver. the workers were moving giant slabs of granite out of a shipping container when one

load fell on them. one worker died at the scene, and the other at the hospital. this is the company's first serious accident. there are new questions in the case of a b.a.r.t. police sergeant who was shot and killed by a fellow transit officer. sergeant tom smith asked superiors to assign the s.w.a.t team in high risk searches. smith was shot and killed by michael mayes while they searched a suspect's home in dublin's month. it's unknown if he asked for officers during this particular operation. he insists all officers are qualified to perform probation searches. no criminal files will be charged in the beating of a man outside his home. david lamont was attacked in december after confronting young people making noise. he's recovering from a serious head injury. several persons of interest were identified in this case but yesterday the alameda district attorney announced no criminal charges would be filed

because of a lack of evidence. ktvu has learned that one of the suspects accused of killing a 3-year-old napa girl was accused of threatening the life of a former girlfriend who was pregnant with his child. in 2008, the ex-girlfriend filed a restraining order in solano county against ryan warner. she claimed he told her if i find out you're cheating on me, i'll bust your teeth out with a pipe. end quote. warner and current girlfriend sarah kruger are charged with killing kruger's 3-year-old daughter. the pair have admitted to placing the body in a suitcase and later in a freezer. nancy grace is coming under fire for a twitter hash tag, using the hash tag freezer tot to describe the toddler. it prompted a backlash from twitter uses, calling it insensitive. the hash tag has been changed to justice r for kaliums.

a young woman in oakland shot -- justice for caylee. a young woman in oakland was laid to rest. police were called in to clear out dozens of people because the church was too crowded. justice's brother was allowed to attend the funeral before it got under way. along with a probation officer. the two companies that have just been named two of the world's most valuable. government requests for twitter information is on the rise and coming in from countries all over the world. there's a live look at highway 24 in lafayette. as are all roads across the bay area, things are wet. traffic moving just fine there. we have been keeping an eye on the roads for you. there's spin outs and wet roads. be careful, and give yourself extra time if you are headed out the door. 8:41 on the clock, and mornings on 2 will be right back.

tam. good morning to you. the bay area getting a soaking this week. a live look over downtown oakland. out the doors, 53 degrees in

the city of oakland. people in japan dealing with heavy snow, since early this morning, about 4 inches has fallen, this is the first heavy snow to fall, and to hit central tokyo in about 13 years. and more bad weather is expected through the night before it begins to finally clear up tomorrow. that snow is causing traffic problems, grounding flights and delaying trains. well, kenneth bay is the longest serving u.s. detainee in north korea has been touchdown a labor camp. he was arrested in 2012 and sentenced to 15 years hard labor for hostile acts. after losing 50 pounds, he was moved to a hospital, and yesterday his family learned that on january 20th, he was taken back to a prison camp and that's the same day he did hold that news conference pleading for his release. smart phones may soon be required to have a kill switch installed under a new bill proposed in california. for months, bay area officials have been pushing for technology to deter theft by making a stolen phone unusable. at a news conference yesterday

in san francisco, state senator mark leno called smart phone thefts a public safety crisis with up to 75% of robberies in oakland involving a mobile phone or tablet. the father of a young woman killed by phone thieves said the market for stolen phones needs to be shut down. >> what happened to my precious daughter megan could happen to anyone in this room, to anyone watching this, and to any one of our children. the california legislature has an opportunity to take a lead on this issue, and i hope they will rise to the occasion. >> if the bill is ever signed into law, companies that sell phones in california will have to equip them with kill switch technology by next year. four u.s. senators are raising questions about the security following last year's attack on a pg&e substation. two investigators took a look at the increase concern on the attack. 150 shots were fired. 17 transformers were damaged and at&t fiberoptic lines were

cut. a former pg&e executive that you -- exec tyes called it a -- executives called it a well thought out attack. now senator diane feinstein and three other senators are asking if new and mandatory security standards should be put in place. well, the silicon valley is home to the world's two most valuable companies. yesterday, cupertino based apple claimed the top spot with the market cap at $463.6 billion. mountain view based google came in second with a market cap of $394.4 billion. exson wasn't too far behind, 392.7 billion. twitter says governments around the world have been asking for information about people on the social media network. a twitter executive says over the past two years, there has been a 66% increase in requests for account information.

the requests came if the governments of more than 45 different companies. twitter is pressing for great r transparency. the company says it's essentially to disclose the number of requests and the different types of requests, such as national security and law enforcement. president obama says jobs is a central part of his plan to help build up the middle class. >> opportunity is the idea at the heart of this country, that no matter who you are or how you started out, with hard work and responsibility, you can get ahead. >> in this morning's weekly address, the president echoed the themes he mentioned during last month's state of the union address. his agenda for the middle class consists of four basic principals, more jobs, improved worker training, access to a world class education and higher wages. if congress does not work with him, he'll enact his plans by signing executive orders. political analysts say the thorny issue of immigration reform remains elusive. he could act alone to slow the

number of deportations, it might anger republicans and however if the president acts too slowly, some analysts say the opportunity to fix immigration laws might slip away. house speak r john boehner has indicated in any legislation won't come until after the november election. for the second month in a resource the labor department is reporting weaker than expected hiring. the government says the 113,000 new jobs were added during the month of january. economists predicted there would have been about 180,000 new jobs. that number was lower in december at about 75,000 new hires. the national jobless rate still fell to 6 # .6%. because some people were able to fortunately found work. california's great america will be holding a job fair, hoping to hire hundredsover new employees. -- hundreds of new employees. tomorrow's event from noon until six. officials say they are locking to hire up to 2500 new

employees. nimblested in applying -- anyone interested in applying should go to the back administrative entrance. a tesla driver is claiming new car smell inside his vehicle caused a deadly accident killing a santa cruz bicyclist. when kumar jane fell asleep at the wheel, he hit and killed a librarian. the sentinel reports jane told authorities he had just bought the car ten days before and the new car scent caused him to fall asleep. he's being charged with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter. the retired police officer accused of shooting and killing another man at a movie theater in florida has been denied bond. the screening surveillance video captures the deadly incident. investigators say 71-year-old curtis reeves shot chad olson after arguing about his cell phone use. reeves claims he shot olson because he was afraid of getting beaten up.

nicole olson, chad's widow was wounded by the shot that killed her husband. the great bull run is slowing down in southern california as one city says organizers are not taking the necessary steps to keep people safe. and the boy scouts are marking another anniversary. the steps the organization has taken in its 104 year history. outside our doors this morning, it is wet, it is a bit windy, and it is not going away for the entire weekend. i'll have a look at the radar and in the extended forecast, how long before the rain will end. [ female announcer ] that's a nickel.

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the estimated cost of california's high speed rail line has been slightly lowered. the california high speed rail authority says the project is expected to cost about $67 billion. instead of $68 billion. the rail authority is required to update its business plan every two years, and the new plan is going to be presented to the rail authority board on tuesday. the rail agency will begin construction later this year, despite recent court battles. a regional commission has turned down a request from the city college of san francisco to review the decision that revoked the school asset accreditation. the next step is filing a formal appeal. last july, the schools accreditation was revoked because of its finances and structure. it has 17% fewer students enrolled for the spring semester. today is 104th anniversary of the boy scouts of america.

it was incorporated on february 81910. at the gun of this year, they started allowing openly gay youths to participate. more than 60% of the group's national council voted in favor of the change. the boy scouts have yet to lift their ban on gay adult leaders. a planned bull run in southern california could be over before it begins. riverside county officials haven't granted permission for the event to be held in june. no permanent application has been submitted and there are concerns about safety and planning. the event is being held by the great bull run, which runs in virginia, georgia and texas. in july, it is coming to the alameda county fairgrounds. long lines are expected again today at the russian river brewing company in downtown santa rosa. >> we are flattered and humbled that this many people will show up and wait and be a part of

it. well, as you can see, there are people lining up. they're all lined for a beer called plyny's younger r, considered a top rated -- applyny the younger -- pliny the younger, a top rated beer, and they say it is popular because of the hops, what gives the beer the flavor. >> hops, and lots of them. russian river makes the finest ipa's if you're a hop head, this the the holy grail. this is it. >> sonoma county officials say the beer generates more than $250 million for the local economy in direct sales and tourism. >> i don't know if i could consider myself a hop head. i could go for a beer in a couple hours. >> maybe not right now. right now it's running. let's check with rosemary on the current conditions. >> yes, good morning to you. hopefully you are indoors and have no place to be, because it is slick, and we have that carrying on through your

saturday. let's actually start with an area that is dry at the moment. perhaps, a little bit of drizzle falling, but the radar not picking up new rain over the santa cruz mountains there. you can see mountain view, perhaps san jose getting a bit of a break. a little earlier we talked about the lift, and how we get the mountains and the moisture coming up over the mountains, squeezes out all the rain. san jose is one of those areas in the rain shadow area, meaning on the backside of the hill, where the air sinks and dries and that's why a lot of times, san jose doesn't end up with as much rain as other portions of the area. we have it steady over the east bay. steady over parts of the peninsula. starting to break up along the coastline and the north bay. definitely the focus this morning where we have an advisory for minor flooding. small stream and urban. until 10:45 this morning r for parts of sonoma marin. getting in and around santa rosa. in the last hour, santa rosa

has picked up 3/10 of an inch of rain, and over the last 24 hours, nearly 2 inches for some areas over the north bay. but you get into areas along the central and south bay, notice how it drops off, half inch for oakland, and 15/100 reported in san jose. the extended forecast, we have more to come. we're not done with it just yet. it's going to continue through sunday, sunday night, finally going to dry out monday morning. dry for a couple days and back to wet weather as we get in at least the possibility coming by midweek wednesday. back to you. it's the first big storm to hit in a year, and it's expected to last through the weekend. we have team coverage with reporters in the north bay and the east bay, all keeping an eye on the conditions for you. and valentine's day is coming up. got to get on that, but one texas police department says it's time to do away with the flowers and chocolates and instead, give the gift of safety. [ sports announcer ] here's another one, alyson dudek.

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heavy rain across the bay area. dangerous driving conditions on the roads and freeways, we'll tell you about the problems the chp is dealing with so far this morning. it is wet. it is breezy, ask there is an advisory over parts of the north bay. i'm tracking your storm coming up. and tragedy on the campus of uc berkeley, how the school is honoring a football player who collapsed and died during a workout. mornings on 2 continues.

complete bay area news coverage continues. this is ktvu mornings on 2. good morning everyone. welcome to mornings on 2. it is saturday, february 8th, i'm mike mibach. >> good morning, i'm claudine wong. and we are on storm watch this morning as the first big storm in over a year hits the bay area. >> that's right. we have team coverage on the wet weather. ktvu's alex savage in emeryville, keeping an eye on the roads. first we begin with rosemary and what's happening right now. good morning rosemary. >> good morning to you. it's coming down: some areas seeing a little bit of a break. over the north bay, no break just yet, and we are going to continue to see the north bay favorite for this rain today. take a look at storm tracker 2, santa cruz mountains, san jose, parts of the peninsula seeing a break along the coastline. the light steady rain continues over our bridges this morning. the bay bridge, the richmond san rafael, the san mateo bridge and into the east bay, light steady rain. as we get to the north bay, this is where the rain has continued to fall all morning long. moderate to heavy cells at

times. you can see santa rosa getting good rain. healdsburg, you're right on the cusp there. i wanted to show you that the rainfall rates with these yellow cells indicating anywhere from a tenth to maybe a 1/4 inch per hour. the system will continue to move through, but we do have this advisory for parts of marin as well as sonoma, lasting until 10:45 for urban and small stream flooding. it is a possibility. if you have someplace to be this morning, it includes areas from belinas into sausalito, novato, you're included, and stretches between petaluma, sonoma, and all the small communities in between. that going until 10:45 this morning. meanwhile, we have alex along the slick roadways n. emeryville area this morning. let's go live to him, and see what's happening out there. good morning alex. >> good morning to you rosemary, most of the morning r -- morning, the rain has been heavy. beginning to let up in our location in emeryville, i want to show you the scene and give

you a look at 80 westbound. the cars you're looking at there, are headed toward the maze this morning. and you can see the conditions that people are up against. a lot of water pooling on the freeway, all over the bay area. chp officer told me a short time ago that the wet roads have led to quite a few spin outs and crashes on bay area freeways. thankfully no one has been seriously hurt in any of the accidents. just after 5 this morning, though, in berkeley, a big rig and a box truck got into a crash during this morning's downpour. that accident was on 80 near the gillman exit. the chp says when the rain is coming down this harold, you just have to drive a little bit slower and avoid following other cars too closely. give yourself plenty of time to stop, and also a word of advice, if it's raining and you have the windshield wipers on, you must also have your headlights on. that's according to state law. drivers this morning seem to be taking it slow during this

storm. >> today pretty good, normally awful. idiots on the road! are you taking it slow, what are you doing differently. >> driving in the slow lanes, making sure there's an exit on the side in the event somebody comes flying over. >> reporter: another hazard for drivers on bay area freeways this morning, the flooding. a lot of standing water at the central avenue off ramp from westbound 580 in richmond, this morning. the chp is urging drivers to slow down, so you can avoid hydroplaning with the standing water on the roadways. officers say one common mistake people make in the rain is braking too hard, and that's when folks are losing control. also want to point out the wind is a factor this morning as well. along with the rain. very gusty conditions. if you're headed out onto bay area bridges, use extra caution. live this morning in emeryville, alex savage ktvu channel 2 news. >> we heard rosemary talk about the flood advisory underway in parts of marin county.

and that's where we fine find ktvu's allie rasmus this morning as we continue our team coverage. allie? >> reporter: , well, earlier this morning we were live near san an sal san anselmo, and -- san anselmo, you can see branches and tree trunks being cared along. there's no flooding to report. as we have heard rosemary tell us all morning, there's an urban and small stream flood advisories for communities in the north bay, and that's in effect until 10:45 this morning. and you can see the rain is coming down hard as we speak. people slowing down as they break and hit the stop signs and stoplights, further down the road here. there's some puddles and splashing. no flooding, though, to tell you about. that could change, though, the north bay could get anywhere from 6 to 9 inches of rain. this morning we ran into a

resident who happens to work for the marin municipal water district. she says the rain is a welcome sight after this dry 2013. >> last year, 2013, we had in this marin area, we had 10 inches of rain in the whole year. and normally we have 52 inches, which is like up to here on my chin, to this weekend, i hear we might get almost 10 inches of rain which is what we got in the whole entire year. >> reporter: the culverts and storm drains are gushes but in the downtown san anselmo area, used to seeing heavy flooding in the past, this year, what's noticeable is that there aren't nee sandbags in front of the shops and businesses, people just aren't as concerned of the possibility of flooding as they have been in years past. but, again, the storm is bringing not just rain but also wind. we have seen plenty of tree branches down on the roadways and again, drivers taking it slow as they get to their

destinations this morning. but we are following up on a report of a tree that came down in the kentfield area. we'll tell you about that coming up in 30 minutes. live in ross, allie rasmus ktvu channel 2 news. the drive from the bay area to the sierra is taking much longer than normal this weekend. chains are required for vehicles from kingvale to donor. that is live picture from one of the caltrans cameras there along interstate 80. last night it looked more like a parking lot. some people took about 6 hours to drive from the east bay to lake tahoe. >> we made reservations three weeks ago, before the rain, and everything. so i think everybody prayed for the rain, and here it is, and we're like, oh, we didn't expect all this. >> chain controls normally cause traffic jams and last night there was one back up that stretched for three miles.

starting out with live look. a wet start over the east bay shoreline. moving through berkeley a slow go with slick roads. we're also mentioning this morning, sfo reporting delays for arriving flights. we'll have wet, breezy weather for saturday and sunday, more on that coming up in just a moment. let's look at where the rain is falling right now. tapered off over parts of the south bay. you see the coast and the peninsula getting a break. we have plenty of moisture overhead. drizzle definitely a possibility. the radar not picking up on some of that light rainfall. if you have some over your area, and there's more toment co, you're getting a temporary break here. -- more to come. you're getting a temporary break here. light steady rainfall. into the north bay, moderate to heavy rain at times, all morning long. santa rosa, hillsburg, this drive along 101 is going to be quite messy. take it easy if you have an early place to be, thinking about the sierra, i want to

show you what's going on out here. donner pass, right about 7000 feet still snowing. truckee, we have rain. rain reported over lake tahoe, the snow levels continuing to rise today. and this is definitely a moisture, relatively warm storm. the wasn't storm warning will continue for 6000 feet until 4:00 this afternoon. not only the possibility of snow, but blowing snow. take it easy, if you plan on heading in that direction. for us here at home, the future cast model picking up on this nicely. we have a little bit of a break over parts of south bay. as we get into the lunch hour, we have more scattered showers all the way down into the south bay. 3:00, we feel still got those showers moving through and evening hours, we continue with light rain. i'm going to take you all the way into sunday. and wake up tomorrow morning, and we're still dealing with rain. on and off for the entire saturday. looks like the entire sunday.

we're into monday morning, and finally going to be drying out. wet and breezy for the entire weekend. that means dangerous road travel a possibility. even a few mud slides out near the fire burned areas and we're talking about small creek and urban flooding, and we'll be talking about it all day long. the extended forecast with your bay area weekend always in view. temperatures in the 50s and will remain in the 50s for most of the day. a few low 60s expected by 3, 4:00 this afternoon, under gray skies. breezy conditions. wet conditions, sunday a near repeat, we finally dry out by monday morning, and then we're dry for a couple days. monday, tuesday, a chance for rain will move back in on wednesday. that's good news that we'll get a break with more rain on the way. i'll have a look at how much rain we're expected by the end of the weekend coming up. uc berkeley community is mourning the shocking death of one of its football players, friends, and faculty, say 21- year-old defensive lineman ted agu was an accomplished person

on ask off the field. he collapsed and died after a supervisorred training run with teammates near memorial stadium. agu would have been a 5th year senior next year and teammates affectionately called him premed ted. >> we talk about a lot of difficult material and that smile makes me and the other professors feel like we're connecting or bringing it home. >> teammates posted numerous messages on social media, calling him a brother and a valuable member of the cal family. a u.s. bobsled certificate locked in husband bathroom in the olympic village for more than an hour. a look at how he finally managed to escape. and tsa says the number of guns its seizing at airport check points is rising, but the guns are not the only weapons being pulled out of the luggage. let's head back outside to give you a live look at 680 as it rolls on through fremont, you can see no major traffic problems there, and that's good news. there are wet roads out there

across the bay area. we are following reports of flooding and minor accidents. the best advice as always is just to slow it on down. it's 9:11 on the clock. this is mornings on 2.

trying to see if there's big drops of rain on our lens into downtown oakland.

until the last 24 hours, downtown oakland has picked up a little more than a 1/2 inch of rain. the bay area is not alone in experiencing winter weather. that winter storm warning extended for parts of oregon. the city of corvallis, which is home to the oregon state university campus received a foot and a half of snow in just the past two days. elsewhere, several hundred thousands people are still without power. major outages in states from arkansas, pennsylvania and maryland. utility crews say the storms knocked down power poles poles poles poles and coat cables with ice. four more deaths are being reported in santa clara county from the flu. why health officials say the flu has claimed so many lives this season. >> this is the vaccine that's ideal for most people. >> reporter: at this medical chen in san francisco, doctors say they have seen more influenza cases this year than last, and the state says it's

seen more deaths. the california department of public health says 202 people have died so far this year from the flu. the vast majority from the h1n1 virus. that doesn't include 41 cases still under investigation. but it's still almost double the 106 flu death cases reported last year. >> that's a lot compared to, especially compared to last year. >> reporter: thomas aragon is an epidemiologist for the health department. he believes more people died because the predominant last year was the h3n1, unlike the new you are h1n1 more prevalent this year. >> you have a large pool of people completely susceptible, and that's one of the reasons we're seeing a lot offcasts now. >> reporter: the death toll includes 39 people from the bay area, and four children under 4 years old. scientists will look into whether the current strain of h1n1 has become more verilent .

>> it looks like it's plateaued off a little bit. but january was the big up swing for us. >> reporter: doctors say vaccination is the best medicine, but some resist. >> never had a problem, and i don't think i will get one. >> reporter: we're not out of the woods yet, flu season has at least another seven weeks to go. in san francisco, rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. health officials have confirmed california's first death from whooping cough since the 2010 epidemic. the victim was an infant from riverside county. they began increasing in the middle of last year. 8 3% of the patients in 2013 were children. loaded guns and suicide vests were some of the things they confiscate skated at the airport. they want a 20% increase. 11 guns at sf o o. 5 at

oakland. this bottle with fuel was found in a passenger's carry on bag at sfo. and at san jose international airport, tsa agents find this mine and grenade inside a passenger's checked bag. it is the first day of metals in the winter olympics. we want to warn you in a few moments, we will announce some of the competition results. the winter games officially kicked off last night with the opening ceremony and the lighting of the olympic caldron. fireworks went off over sochi russia, there were a few technical glitches, a lighted display was supposed to morph into the five olympic rings but they only got four of them. here is the up to the minute count. norway leads, followed by the netherlands, the u.s. has one medal. that's the event that scene white pulled out of earlier this week.

sweden and austria both have a silver. olympic organizers in sochi have been criticized for failing to complete all construction and maintenance, particularly in the lodging area. american bobsledder, johnny quinn posted this photo online after he tore a giant hole in his bathroom door. there was a problem with the door, and he got locked inside. and without a phone to call for help, quinn literally took matters into own hands. he later wrote, i used my bobsled training to break out. four san jose sharks are headed to the olympics for the men's hockey competition. they knocked off the columbus blue jackets. one that shored was patrick marleau, and he and marc- edouard marc-edouard vlasic, and joe pavelski for the united states. two otters at the sochi aquarium will be predicting this year's winter olympic results. harry and ashley make their selections based by picking a plastic ring that zoo keepers

throw into the water. each ring is labeled with one of the names of the competing team. this is not the first time the russians have turned to the pair. the otter successfully predicted the results of the continental hockey league and the european fig ice skating competitions. 20,000 fans, that's how many are expected to attend today's a's fan fest in oakland. the event is sold out and gets underway at 10 this morning. big names, like coco crisp, yoenis cespedes will be on hand. >> it should be exciting, the lot of our players, new players, jim johnson will be here. eric o'flaherty. mike punto, a lot of new once. it's an introduction to a loft outhouse guys. >> also -- a lot of those guys.

>> it is expected to be the most attended or one of the most attended ever for the a's. the event is sold out, if you do not have a ticket, you are not going to be able to get in. valentine's day is approaching and i can't wait for that day, why one texas police department has a very different idea or what you should get that special someone in your life. it is soggy, it is breezy, cloudy and cold temperatures will continue to be, well, relatively cool to mild. a look at your afternoon highs for today. we'll go to the radar, see where the rain is still falling coming up. [ male announcer ] start engine.

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v. it's a star studded event. it's actor clint east wood stealing the spotlight. the 83-year-old was a volunteer at a party on wednesday night when the director started choking. eastwood swung into action and began performing the heimlich maneuver. >> he recognized it immediately. i was trying to tell imi was choking. i didn't need to. he's a very strong man, i can tell you that. >> eastwood told the caramel newspaper that he gave john three good jolts to get the food out. i looked in his eyes and saw that look of panic people have when they see their life passing before their very eyes t. looked bad. the third round of tournament began earlier this morning. jewelry, flowers and chocolates are typically valentine's day gifts and one texas police department hopes guns will be added to the list. on the rosenburg police department facebook page you will find a post encouraging men to giving the gift of safety. in addition to a pink or purple pistol, a class on how to use

the firearm is recommend. >> that's a great idea as long as safety is first because there's nothing more dangerous than a complete novice with a firearm. >> it's no secret that gun sales have recently become more popular among women, but the question for valentine's day is whether or not a firearm can be considered as romantic as a bouquet of roses. i'll choose the flowers. >> you want the flowers. >> flowers. >> all right. you'll get the flowers, hopefully. >> a warning. >> is that a promise. >> a warning for folks outside this morning. it is raining and n part -- raining in parts of the bay area. let's get to rosemary and a check of what's happening outside. >> good morning to u yo. we are being dealt another -- to you. >> we are being dealt another wave. actually moved on earlier this morning, and some of us getting a bit of a break. mountain view, san jose reporting mostly cloudy skies. though the radar is showing the east bay dry, a little bit of drizzle and light rain falling.

it's over the north bay, we could use a break and not seeing any at this point. let's look into the east bay over areas along highway 24. light scattered showers falling over walnut creek, lafayette. if we get into the north bay, this is where we have the advisory for minor flooding and the possibility of those small stream and creek flooding. so the advisory goes for another hour, almost hour and a half or so until 10:45. this is where we're seeing the moderate to heavy rain, and it just hasn't let up. if you have a drive along highway 101, take a look at that, it could be a little messy, breezy, winds are through santa rosa. areas near calastoga picking up winds: we sure could use the brakes as well. we're going to be with the rain on and off through saturday, even through sunday and these are storm totals expected by the end of the weekend. 2 to 7, maybe 8 inches. what does that mean.

areas along the south bay, 1 to 3 possible. over the central bay, 2 to 4, and the north bay, 5 inches, perhaps 6 and 7 for some of the wettest spots with the hills, the coastal hills expected to pick up nearly 9 inches. we'll see how it shakes out at the end. quite a bit of rain coming our way over the next 24 to 36 hours. the afternoon, temperatures in the upper 50s to low 60s. browsesy at times. cloudy and wet. the extended forecast here, we'll see a repeat as we get into sunday. then we're drying out by monday morning. maybe a few residual showers. most of monday will be dry. attitude is dry. a chance of showers on wednesday. back to the desk. a deadly accident at a san francisco granite company, cal osha is being called to find out how a slab of granite fell on a work. and questions about the shooting death of a b.a.r.t. police officer, did he predict there might be trouble during high risk police searches.

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the wet weather slamming much of the bay area right now, and people still preparing for what is expected to be a rainy weekend out there. welcome back to mornings on 2. i'm mike mibach. >> and i'm claudine wong. we are on storm watch with rain expected to fall through the the weekend. some cities expected to get 7 inches of rain. and allie rasmus is live for us in marin county this morning where a flood advisory has been

exit happened -- extended. it looks like we have her picture. it doesn't look like we have allie. but you can sew that there is rain falling there, and we'll check in with her in a little bit. if you are headed out this morning, be careful because the chp is reporting a number of accidents this morning, specifically in the north bay and east bay. let's head over to alex savage for us. he is live in emeryville with a check on this morning's drive. do we have you? there you are. >> reporter: we are here, yes, we are, in emeryville this morning. we're seeing a bit of a break with the rain right now. it was heavy at times this morning. even though it's light right now, very hazardous driving conditions. there is just a ton of standing water on the roadways and the freeways all around the bay area. and that means the conditions are still, and that is causing quite a few spin outs and crashes on the roadways, according to the chp, this is

80 westbound in emeryville, where we are this morning. let me show you the scene earlier this morning. we came across this crash that happened just after 5:00. a big rig and a box truck crashed into each other. that accident was on 80 in berkeley near the gillman accident. tow trucks removed both of the trucks from the lane. when you're getting this kind of rain, you have to slow down, and you cannot foul other cars too closely. that's what leads to accidents. if it's rain, and you have your wipers, on make sure to turn your headlights on. that's what the state law says. drivers do seem to be slowing down, and using extra caution this morning. >> people are being good. often not so much. >> reporter: quite a bit of rain coming down. >> a lot, and we're grateful for it. >> reporter: and we have seen hazardous conditions in terms of flooding on the roadways this morning. we saw standing water, quite a bit of it at the central aver

off ramp from westbound 580 in richmond this morning. slow down to avoid hydroplaning, that's the advice from the chp, and don't brake too hard. that will cause you to spin out. they are seeing quite a few crashes in the bay area, a lot of solo spin outs, single car accidents. the good news is talking with an officer this morning, is no serious injuries from any of the accidents, hoping things stay that way as rain continues to fall. live in emeryville, alex savage, ktvu channel 2 news. we want to continue our team coverage now by heading back up to the north bay where we had said they are going to get several inches of rain up there, and i believe we do have now, ktvu's allie rasmus for us there in marin county. allie? >> reporter: the rain is just not letting up. it's kind of coming downsideways, because there is a built of wind with the rain as well. we're in the city of ross, and

we'll show you what the water levels look like. the creek is higher than it's been in the last several months. no flooding to tell you about. this is an urban and small stream flood advisory in effect for the north bay until 10:45 this morning. we can see debris. water is moving at a brisk pace and we can see the debris being carried along, and the north bay community affected by the advisory are san rafael, novato, and other cities in the north e but a. now, the ground is already soaked and so with this storm that's also brewers some heavy wind gusts, this is video of firefighters in kentfield responding to a fallen tree on hillsdale, they had to get out their saws to brech it apart and clear the roadway. even though the rain can lead to inconveniences, we've talked to plenty of people saying they are welcoming the wet weather. >> i'm happy it's rain the. i hope we don't get flooding.

i think because it's been so dry, the ground will soak it up, and it will end up being okay. we're really excited. >> having a big event today with 50 poem, and i would rather it be sunny and shining, but we need the rain, so i'm glad it rained all night. >> reporter: in san anselmo, the culverts and storm drains were gushing. the downtown shops and businesses didn't have sandbags out, but people are, go again, keeping an eye on the creek levelings. back out here live, i'll show you folks who have come out here to brave the weather to check out the water levels. do you mind if i ask, what do you think about the weather. >> it's probably the first time i have ever been happy to hear so much rain. >> you're out here enjoying it, getting soaked. >> it's warmer than i expected actually. i'm excited to have the drought start going away a little. we'll see how long it lasts. >> reporter: that sums it up, the attitude we have seen with people this morning, even

though the rain can be a bit messy and bit inconvenience, people say they are happy to see us, because we know we definitely need it. live in ross, allie rasmus ktvu channel 2 news. slippery roads may have caused a propane truck to crash in concord, it happened about 6:30 off highway 242. the tanker slid off the road, overturned and hit a tree. the propane truck was empty. no hazardous materials spilled out. the driver was not hurt, a firefighter was injured while trying to substitute cut the tree -- to cut the tree off the truck. he may have suffered broken ribs. the wind and rain is causing problems for one family. the family's home is surrounded by 100 foot trees. they say when the first storm came in this week, many of their trees started to sway. they say it did not take long for large branches to start falling off. >> we hear the branches starting to get heavy and creeing and stuff like that. so yeah, you know, definitely other than just like pitter patter on the roof.

>> the family had called the tree company to come in and prevent further damage. the owner of that tree company is now warning other bay area residents to keep an eye on fir trees located around their homes, especially during the weekend's rainfall. starting out with a live look there, mount diablo, you can see the gray skies, soggy conditions and you can see the tree on the left side of the screen, blowing in the wind as alex and allie have been mentioning this morning, it's not only wet but a little breezy. take note, if you need to be outdoors this morning. alex mentioned getting a bit of a break, and that's what we're seeing for portions of the central and south bay. you can see the cut offline, right about here. but with all the moisture in place, i believe we're getting a little bit of drizzle, perhaps a few light rain amounts moving across the area, although the radar not picking up on it at the moment. where are we not seeing a break, over parts or the north bay, and this has been the case

all morning long, and this is what we have seen in areas of santa rosa, windsor, highway 101. 12, if you're cruising through calastoga , this is why we're seeing the advisory over part os of sonoma, and marin. lasting until 10:45 this morning. started with marin, and was extended to sonoma county, and this is a look here, a little more detailed look at how widespread it is from the coast, to mill valley, san rafael, novato, you're included, as allie mentioned, san rafael, as we shift to the north, we have areas of petaluma, santa rosa, all the communities again, just very urban flooding, we're talking small streams, the possibility of roadways, ponding in the parks, that type of thing going on, and again, the advisory until 10:45. i'm going to take the radar away and look at the moisture that continues to pool in. i like to some back to the

hawaiian islands, we have been talking about it for days, atmospheric river, and it stretches beyond the hawaiian islands. wet weather in the forecast for today as well as tomorrow. in the last 24 hours, we have seen quite a bit over the north bay. even the north bay hills, areas like middle peek, mount tam, picking up 6 to 8 inches of rain. areas like s&l rose, and napa 1 to 2 -- santa rosa, and napa, 1 to 2 inches and areas like mountain view and santa cruz, mountains have picked up an inch and a half or so. the temperatures right now in the 50s, and for the afternoon, in the 50s. so not bad out there this morning. we'll remain a little cool and temperatures not going to warm much. upper 50s in the forecast for your afternoon. a few low 60s perhaps. tomorrow, we will do it all again. we're not drying out. sunday night until monday morning, a few scattered showers in the forecast before we see dry weather mover in monday, tuesday a chance

returning on wednesday for rain. oakland police say an elderly woman died after an apparent home invasion robbery. officers were called to her home in the fruitvale district to check on her welfare and spotted signs someone had forced their way inside. officers found 77-year-old susan fong and a male relative in his 40s or 50s. >> medical personnel pronounced the female deceased at the scene. there are no visible signs of injury. it is unknown the cause of death for the female. >> the male relative was taken to the hospital and it does appear he's going to be okay. a $10,000 reward is being offered in the case. an industrial accident that killed two men at a san francisco granite company is now being in facted by cal osha. that -- investigated by cal osha. that happened at 10:00 yesterday morning. investigators say the workers were moving giant slabs of began it out of a shipping container when one of the loads fell on them. one worker died at the scene. the other died at the hospital.

this is the company's first serious accident. ktvu has learned that one of the suspects accused of kill ago 3-year-old napa girl was accused of threatening the life of a former girlfriend pregnant with his child. in 2008, the ex-girlfriend filed a restraining order against ryan warner r. she claimed he told her "if i find out you're cheating on me, i'll bust your teeth out with a pipe ." warner and current girlfriend, sarah krueger are charged killing krueger daughters kayleigh slusher, they have admitted to putting the body in a suitcase and later a freezer. nancy grace is coming under fire about a twitter hash tag about kayleigh slusher, using the hash tag freezer tot. it prompted a backlash from users who called it insensitive. grace has not reacted publicly, but the hash tag has been changed to justice for caylee. there are new questions in the

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. welcome back. we've got mostly cloudy soggy conditions over the east bay. see a little bit of the sun's glow out there this morning, walnut creek reported 4/10 of rain in the last 24 hours. time now 9:45. let's recap some of our top stories for this morning. parts of the north bay should receive more than half a foot of rain this weekend, but too much water too fast is raising fears about flooding. there is an urban and small stream flood voice for parts of marin and sonoma counties. the drive from the bay area to the sierra is taking longer than normal. chains are recorded on interstate 80 and 50 from twin bridges to meyer. a senior citizen is dead, an apparent victim of a home invasion robbery. officers were called to her home in the fruitvale district to check on her welfare. they spotted signs that someone

had forced their way inside. officers found 77-year-old susan fong and a male relative in his 40s and 50s. fong was unresponsive and later died. the relative is said to be okay. no criminal charges in the beating of a man outside his pleasanton home. david lamont was attacked in december after confronting young people making noise outside his home. he's recovering from a serious head injury. several persons of interest were identified in the case but the alameda county district attorney announced that no criminal charges will be filed citing a lack of everyday. thousands of people are expected to attend a summit that looks at ways to improve public safety in san jose. the focus is on crime and gang prevention in the city. building and expanding partnerships within the city to make the streets a safer place to live. mayor's gang prevention task force was established in 1991 by form r san jose mayor,

susan hammer. since creation the program has been credited for helping reduce gang related crimes. smart phones may be required to have a kill switch installed under a new bill proposed in california. for months, bay area officials have been pushing for technology to deter theft by making a stolen phone unusable. a news conference, start senator mark leno called smart phone thefts public safety crisis with 75% of robberies involving a mobile phone and tablet. a father of a young woman killed by thieves, says the market of phones need to be shut down. >> what happened to my precious daughter megan could happen to anyone in this room, anyone watching this, and to any one of our children. the california legislature has an opportunity to take a lead on this issue and i hope they will rise to the occasion. >> if the bill is signed into law, companies with cell phones in california have to equip them with kill switch technology by next year. >> four u.s. senators are raising questions about the security following last year's

attack on a pg&e substation in the south bay. 2 investigates looked at the increasing concerns on the attack of a pg&e substation. 17 transformers damaged and at&t fiberoptic lines were cut. the former pg&e executive has called it a well thought out and planned attack. and congressman henry whack called it sophisticated and unprecedented. no one has been arrested and pge and e says it has included security, and senator feinstein and other senators are asking if new and mandatory security standards should be put in place. >> silicon valley is home to the two most valuable companies. yesterday, cupertino based apple claimed the top spot with the arctic cap of $463.6 billion. and xon wasn't far behind,

$392.7 billion. twitter says governments around the world have been asking for information about people on the social media network. twitter executive says over the past two years, there has been a 66% increase in requests for account information. the requests came from the governments of more than 45 different countries. twitter is pressing for greater transparency. the san francisco company says it's essential to disemployees the number of questions -- disclose the number of requests and different requests. president obama's plan to help build up the middle class. >> opportunity is the idea at the heart of this country that no matter who you are or how you started out, with hard work and responsibility, you can get ahead. in this morning's weekly address, the president echoed the themes he mentioned during last month's state of the union address. his agenda for the middle class consists of four basic principles, more jobs, improved

worker training, access to a world class education and higher wages. he says if congress does not work with him, he's going to enact his plans by signing executive orders. the estimated cost of california's high speed rail line has been slightly lower. the california high speed rail authority says the project is expected to cost about $67 billion instead of $68 billion. the rail authority is required to update its business plan every two years, and that new plan will be presented to the rail authority board on tuesday. the rail agency hopes to begin construction later this year despite recent court battles. a regional commission has turned down a request from the city college of san francisco to review the decision that revoked the school's accreditation. city college officials say the next step is filing formal appeal. the accreditation was revoked because of finances, and they have seen a sharp drop in enrollment. a tesla driver says the new car smell inside his vehicle

caused a deadly accident last november killing a santa cruz bicyclist. police say when he fell asleep at the wheel, he and killed a librarian biker. he had just bought the car ten days before and the new car scent caused him to fall asleep. he's charged with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter. the retired police officer accused of killing another man at a movie theater in florida has been denied bail. the video captures the deadly incident. investigators say 71-year-old curtis reeves shot chad olson after arguing with him about his cell phone use. police say reeves claims he shot olson because he was afraid of gating beatingen up. nicole olson, chad's widow was wounded by shot. the death of actor philip seymour hoffman has left film producers scramble to go figure out how to finish the hunger

games. he had 7 days left on part two of the mocking jay sequel. the death will not affect the movie's release date. the visual artist says one option would be to digital reilly recreate the actor to finish the scenes in the movie. >> we can absolutely put a photo realistic breathing human in there that is all be not able to distinguish between the original. >> 20 years ago a body double was used to finish the crow when actor brandon lee died. the same thing happened years earlier when his father bruce lee died. technology was used to create tupac at the festival. one lucky viewer will win two tickets to disney on ice, rocking ever after. the show features the latest disney picture movie braver. the tickets are good for february 10th through march 2 march 2nd at the ap center or oracle arena. to enter, go to ktvu before

midnight and enter the secret word jig. jig. >> easy one to remember. the russian river brewing company has a new supply of a top rated beer and people are lining up to get their hands on it while supplies last. and the running of the bulls is coming to the bay area, one city might miss out on the event because of red tape. moderate to heavy rain falling still over parts of the north bay. i'll have a look at the radar, and template what you can expect for the rest of your saturday coming up.

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russian river brewing came in downtown santa rosa. >> we're just flattered and humbled that this many people will show up and wait and be a part of it. >> the customers are lining up for the beer called pliny the younger. it is considered a top rated beer is only available for the next couple of weeks or for as long as supplies last. that's the key. pliny fans say the beer is so popular because it's hops which is what gives the beer its flavor. >> hops and lots of them. i mean, you know, russian river makes the finist ipa's, and if you're a hop head, if you're an ipa head, at least in my mind, this is the holy grail, this is it. >> sonoma county officials say the beer generates more than $2 million for the local economy and directs sales and tourism. a planned bull run in southern california could be over before it begins a. river side county official says they have not granted permission for

the event to be held in june for the city of temecula. no permanent application has been submitted and there arens can about safety and planning, the event is being held by the great bull run. in july it's coming to the alameda county fairgrounds: time is 9:57. the weather is the big story, let's go right back out to rosemary for a last check. >> good morning to you, i'll step out of the way. winding down just a bit over central and southern portions of the bay, where we could o use a wind down is over the north bay and still coming down pretty good. areas near santa rosa, highway 101 could be a messy one. be careful. shifting to areas of highway 129: light to moderate rain falling and it's going to continue as i run you through the next couple of hours. scattered showers on and off throughout your entire saturday. we'll have a repeat for sunday: temperature wise not bad in the 50s, that's where we'll remain all day. dry out by monday morning. more rain in the forecast on wednesday. >> 20,000 fans at the coliseum

complex. >> that is our report for this morning, we do appreciate you making ktvu your choice for news. >> and we'll bring you the latest details on the storm coming in in our next newscast at 6:00. from now until then follow us at webb westbound or facebook -- ktvu.com, or facebook, twitter, you name it we're on. stay dry. have a beautiful saturday.

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